5 Tips For Successful Weight Loss

By Barb Taylor


Losing weight can be challenging. Most people start out with a strong commitment to succeed only to give up after a week or two. There are some things you can do to avoid sabotaging your weight loss, such as:

Giving Yourself To Much Credit For The Number Of Calories Burned

The majority of people use online calorie expenditure tables to estimate the amount of calories burned during a workout.

Relying on these tables can be detrimental to your weight loss because they tend to significantly over estimate the number of calories burned during a workout.

If you want an accurate picture of the calories you burned off during a workout investing in a high quality heart monitor would be a wise choice.

Avoiding Strength Training

For maximum calorie burn and weight loss, it is important to add strength training to your exercise routine. Strength training is vital because it builds and tones muscles. Having strong muscles will boost your metabolism and increase the amount of fat you burn.

If you are working out, eating healthier and still not losing weight add some strength training to your routine and more than likely you will see the scale gradually start to go down.

Drinking To Much Alcohol

Drinking alcohol will cause your body to burn less fat, because it will begin working to process and eliminate the alcohol first.

Alcohol also makes you more likely to snack because it desensitizes the part of our body that regulates hunger.

A drink a two every now and again is fine but drinking regularly can be detrimental to your waist line.

Not Eating A Meal

It is important to nourish your body throughout the day. Skipping meals is not a good idea because it can have a negative impact on your metabolism.

If you deprive your body of the food it needs, it will begin to store food instead of burning it off.

Also when you skip meals you tend to overeat when you finally do have a meal

To combat this, do the opposite. Eat 5 or 6 little meals each day to keep your body from becoming hungry. If your calorie intake goal for the day is 1600 calories plan to have five 320 calorie meals each day.

Expecting Fast Results

Setting unattainable weight loss goals is one of the main reasons so many people do not achieve their weight loss goals. It is not uncommon to see peoples weight loss goals set at 25 to 30 pounds per month.

There is no magic pill for weight loss. Time and effort are the key ingredients in healthy long term weight loss. One to two pounds each week is considered a healthy amount of weight to lose.

Those who lose weight at this rate, tend to be more successful at keeping it off longer.

Being aware of things that can hinder your weight loss is key. These weight loss tips can be an instrumental part of a long term successful weight loss plan.






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